[18:28] Role Play English Conversation: Calling a Friend — Listening Practice for Learners

noun

1. a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held

Synonym: sports meeting

noun

1. workplace where clothes are washed and ironed

2. garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering

Synonym: washwashingwashables

noun

1. the general estimation that the public has for a person

e.g. he acquired a reputation as an actor before he started writing
he was a person of bad report

Synonym: reputation

2. an essay (especially one written as an assignment)

e.g. he got an A on his composition

Synonym: compositionpapertheme

3. a short account of the news

e.g. the report of his speech
the story was on the 11 o'clock news
the account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious

Synonym: news reportstoryaccountwrite up

4. the act of informing by verbal report

e.g. he heard reports that they were causing trouble
by all accounts they were a happy couple

Synonym: account

5. a written document describing the findings of some individual or group

e.g. this accords with the recent study by Hill and Dale

Synonym: studywritten report

6. a written evaluation of a student's scholarship and deportment

e.g. his father signed his report card

Synonym: report card

7. a sharp explosive sound (especially the sound of a gun firing)

e.g. they heard a violent report followed by silence

noun

1. the shore of a sea or ocean regarded as a resort

Synonym: seaboard

noun

1. the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)

e.g. the wait was an ordeal for him

Synonym: waiting

2. time during which some action is awaited

e.g. instant replay caused too long a delay
he ordered a hold in the action

Synonym: delayholdtime lagpostponement

adj

1. having or showing interest
especially curiosity or fascination or concern

e.g. an interested audience
interested in sports
was interested to hear about her family
interested in knowing who was on the telephone
interested spectators

2. involved in or affected by or having a claim to or share in

e.g. a memorandum to those concerned
an enterprise in which three men are concerned
factors concerned in the rise and fall of epidemics
the interested parties met to discuss the business

Synonym: concerned

noun

1. a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure

e.g. she enjoys a hike in her spare time

Synonym: hiketramp